You walk into an italian restaurant

[Will @ work]

What do you order? Be precise.

 

[Söy]

i have to have at least a small piece of lasagna

failing that i want fetticine alfredo or chicken parmesan...

failling all of those, ill be awesome and ask the waitress/maitredi/chef what they recommend and get something off that


now if it's an italian place owned by actual italians ill go for the last option first

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

anything that ... sounds ... *voice gets exceedingly higher in a Stewie Griffen manner* good and is ... what ... i want ... at the time?

 

[Will Bozarth]

I typically get some kind of seafood alfredo

 

[Lord Foul]

You need to specify whether this hypothetical restaurant is one that serves Italian cuisine but could be located anywhere in the world, one that serves some other sort of food but is located in Italy, or one that serves Italian cuisine and is located in Italy.

 

[Chromatose]

Food

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

the end will haunt your cradle every night

 

[MegadeV]

Lasagna or spaghetti. Boring, I know. I try other stuff occasionally, but am never impressed.

 

[Jasonic]

Gnocci in vodka sauce.

Lasagna and Spaghetti is for commoners.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Ear plugs, for inevitably there will be a lot of really noisy people in the table next to me.

 

[Captain Beard]

I order AN ITALIAN DISH, and a BEVERAGE.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Last time I did, I ordered a rare steak in mushroom gravy, and something alcoholic. Then I had something else alcoholic. Then something else. This may be why I'm not sure exactly what I was drinking.

In hindsight, I should have ordered either a shrimp scampini, or their salmon-over-linguini special. I don't get nearly enough seafood these days.

 

[Captain Beard]

Rare? Why bother having it cooked at all?

Actually, I find it funny they complied. Order rare in this area and they tell you no immediately... I've never been anywhere they'll cook under med rare.

 

[Dead Winter]

Spaghetti Carbonara owns everything. Try the gnochi dishes too.

If it's a real Italian restaurant, they won't have fettucini alfredo because it's not an Italian dish. Not to say it doesn't taste good, because it does. But if they put cream on pasta, for them there always must be something to go along with it, such as speck, mushrooms, seafood, or other vegetables. They think it's disgusting to eat just cream with noodles...I think it's rather tasty, in any case.

 

[Dead Winter]

Ear plugs, for inevitably there will be a lot of really noisy people in the table next to me.

You know, I used to think the same thing before coming here, but they're quite docile while eating here. Unless you're in Rome, that is.

We have the same problem, only with the American military. There's always a scene, always an obnoxious person.

It's a shame that their first glimpse into our culture in the US is brought to them by people who don't represent Americans in a very good light.

 

[Galiral]

AOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Dead Winter]

AAAAOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! AAAAAAAAAATTILA!!!!

 

[Dead Winter]

But Rome is full of wonderful people, so they don't break balls. You can be eating outside and a complete stranger at the next table will just start up a conversation with you and the next thing you know, you're both stumbling drunk across "La Macchina di Scrivere" howling at 2 in the morning.

 

[Captain Beard]

If he pays for the wine, I'll talk to him.

 

[Dead Winter]

The wine is never expensive, so it's never a problem. It's considered a strong, strong insult to refuse a drink...usually you'll take turns buying the rounds.